BLUE DEVIL NEW STAFF SPOTLIGHT
In the coming weeks, we’ll introduce you to members of our Blue Devil family who are new, or are changing roles between buildings for the school year.
Today, we welcome Camden Elementary School music teacher Scott Ferrare!
Scott, a Rome native, brings some very expansive and diverse experience to his position in Camden. He is a graduate of SUNY New Paltz and Hunter College. He has taught in the small town of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the city of Tacoma, Washington, and has also taken on assignments in Vietnam and Saudi Arabia!
His favorite thing about his career in education is connecting music knowledge with fun activities for his young learners. Some things he has enjoyed about Camden so far include the fresh air, nice people, and the spacious lands across the countryside.
When he’s not teaching, Scott is quite a dedicated musician and enjoys writing music of his own!
In the coming weeks, we’ll introduce you to members of our Blue Devil family who are new, or are changing roles between buildings for the school year.
Today, we say hello to Mrs. Rebecca Wallace, who is joining us as a special education teacher working with third and fourth grade students at Camden Elementary. She is a 1997 graduate from nearby Adirondack Central School. She completed her undergraduate studies at Geneseo, and her Masters degree from Michigan State University.
Mrs. Wallace just might also answer to “Mrs. Worldwide”, as she has gained a wealth of international experiences. She has been in Switzerland, Singapore, and China over the years, but is also very excited to return to her home state. That said, she still loves to travel!
She is passionate about helping students grow. Her favorite thing about Camden so far is the helpful and caring people around her. When she’s not working with our students, she’s probably hiking, singing, drawing, or on an adventure somewhere!
We’re glad you came back and are close to home! Welcome, Mrs. Wallace!
A new classroom carpet makes a great gathering place for Mrs. Cochran's first grade class!
Thursday nights are Open House nights for the rest of September!
In addition, there will be Title I stakeholder meetings at 5:30 PM at the start of both Elementary School open house events. See this link for details!: https://www.camdenschools.org/article/1751503
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Platt and Mr. Janes was action-packed! They introduced their class to the Steve Spangler Energy Stick. The Energy Stick is a fun science activity that can connect an entire room, or an entire school! It uses the conductivity of the human body to pass a very slight electrical current. If a whole group is holding hands, the stick will light up to indicate a complete circuit!
LAST CALL TO ORDER!
The Camden Corner Store is gearing up for a new year, and that includes homecoming! 2024 Homecoming T-Shirts are now available for purchase online from now until midnight on Sunday, September 8th!
Questions can be directed to Camden Corner Store Advisor Judy Dacey. (Jdacey@camdencsd.org.)
Use this link to purchase!
https://www.papas-sports.com/camden_central_schools/shop/home
The CES Second Grade team (Mrs. Dailey, Mrs. Kuc, Mrs. Fasulo, Miss Stone, Miss Buehler, and Ms. Bottini) was ready to get back to business on day two!
The anticipation to start the year was off the charts for members of our CES Family!
After a great first day, it's time to fuel up for day two! We'll see you soon!
It's always a great day to be a CES Cougar..... Especially on the first day!
Whether it's their first day of first grade, or their twelfth year of teaching, the excitement to get started never goes away. Have a great year, Casey and Lenyn!
CES Interventionist Katie Bliss was excited to take her two boys to first grade this morning!
Good morning from Camden Elementary School! #FirstDay24
Welcome to the first day of school for the 2024-25 school year! We're excited to see everyone very shortly!
Share those first day moments with us!
If you'd like to share your first day of school pictures with us and don't mind us sharing them, send them to camdenphotos@camdencsd.org and we'd love to feature as many as we possibly can.
While we know that it is a very popular trend right now, we ask that you please refrain from submitting pictures to us with signs containing information about your child.
We're looking forward to getting the year started!
Tomorrow, we get the year started! We'll see you soon!
And to our friends in Pre-K, we're super excited to welcome you to school for your first day on Monday, 9/9!
Yesterday, we spent the morning getting inspired to make every day: "the best day ever" at our Staff Opening Day Assembly!
This morning, five Camden Central School District staff members were honored for achieving 25 years of service.
They are:
Michael Carey - CHS Social Studies
Karen Davis - CHS Social Studies
Erin Gannon - CMS Science
Tracy Hooker - CHS Special Education
and Talie Sullivan - CMS 6th Grade
Congratulations, and THANK YOU for a quarter century of serving our students and community!
2024-2025 Pre-K Families! Our Pre-K Orientation will be held on Wednesday, 9/4 (That is TOMORROW!) at McConnellsville Elementary School. Separate sessions are being held for AM and Full Day Students, and PM Students. See the graphic for times.
Renowned science educator Steve Spangler is up to address the staff at this morning's opening day program. Considering we've already had Mrs. Allen holding a leaf blower, and a whole bunch of toilet paper is now in the front row, we think it's off to a good start.
